2024 Waterford City and County Council election

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2024 Waterford City and County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council
17 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Waterford City and County Council

An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] Waterford City and County is divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). [2]

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Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election: [3] [4]

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
Portlaw–KilmacthomasGer Barron Labour
LismoreMairéad Toibin Fianna Fáil

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 9
Fine Gael 11
Sinn Féin 18
Aontú 1
Social Democrats 2
Green 5
Labour 4
Independent Ireland 1NewNew
People Before Profit 1
Rabharta 1NewNew
The Irish People 3NewNew
Party for Animal Welfare 1NewNew
Independent 22
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Candidates by LEA

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Dungarvan

Dungarvan: 6 seats [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin [*]
Independent Padraig Curran
Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan [*]
Independent Caren Hallahan
Independent Aaron Joyce
Sinn Féin Conor McGuinness [*]
Independent Roger Morrison
Fine Gael Monica Murphy
Fine Gael Pat Nugent [*]
Independent Seamus O'Donnell [*]
Green Críostóir Ó Faoláin
Independent Joe O'Riordan
Labour Thomas Phelan [*]
Sinn Féin Fiona Regan
Independent Jonathan Shaw
Sinn Féin Siobhan Whelan
Quota: 

    Lismore

    Lismore: 3 seats [6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Independent Brian Buckley
    Fine Gael Declan Doocey [*]
    Green Lynn Glasscoe
    The Irish People Michael McCarthy
    Sinn Féin Donnchadh Mulcahy
    Fine Gael Niamh O’Donovan
    Independent Frank Power
    Labour John Pratt [*]
    Fianna Fáil Michael Walsh
    Quota: 

      Portlaw–Kilmacthomas

      PortlawKilmacthomas: 5 seats [7]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Fine Gael Liam Brazil [*]
      Sinn Féin Catherine Burke
      Independent Declan Clune [*]
      Independent Frank Conway
      Sinn Féin Ben Duggan
      Sinn Féin Thomas Guiry
      Fianna Fáil Ray Murphy
      Fianna Fáil John O’Leary [*]
      The Irish People Declan Power
      Fine Gael Seanie Power [*]
      Quota: 

        Tramore–Waterford City West

        TramoreWaterford City West: 6 seats [8]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Aontú Ronan Cleary
        Independent Joe Conway [*]
        Party for Animal Welfare Samantha Dooley
        Sinn Féin Suzie Duffin
        Independent Ireland Michael Gallwey
        Sinn Féin Jim Griffin [*]
        Independent Blaise Hannigan
        Sinn Féin John Hayes
        Fine Gael Richie Hayes
        Sinn Féin Alannah Hutchinson-Smith
        Independent Joe Kelly [*]
        Green Cristiona Kiely []
        Rabharta Killian Mangan
        Labour Mairead McKnight
        Independent Melissa O'Neill
        Fine Gael Lola O’Sullivan [*]
        Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan [*]
        Quota: 

          Waterford City East

          Waterford City East: 6 seats [9]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Independent Declan Barry
          Sinn Féin Karl Cretzan
          Independent David Daniels [*]
          Fine Gael Jim Darcy
          Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald [*]
          Sinn Féin Caroline Griffin
          Fianna Fáil Stephanie Keating []
          Green Jody Power [*]
          Social Democrats Mary Roche []
          Independent Darren Ryan
          The Irish People John Walsh
          Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse [*]
          Quota: 

            Waterford City South

            Waterford City South: 6 seats [10]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Sinn Féin Joeanne Bailey []
            Independent Donal Barry [*]
            Sinn Féin Breda Brennan
            Sinn Féin Kevin Burke
            Fianna Fáil Vivienne Burns
            Independent Lisa Carroll
            People Before Profit Patrick Curtin
            Independent Eric English
            Social Democrats Sinead Ellen Griffin
            Sinn Féin John Hearne [*]
            Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy [*]
            Green Maolíosa Ní Chléirigh
            Fine Gael Frank Quinlan []
            Independent Seán Reinhardt
            Labour Seamus Ryan [*]
            Quota: 

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